It started with one Pima basket, bought in the late 1890s somewhere around Phoenix, Arizona. Newcomers to the Southwest—health seekers—found the Native American basket not only beautiful, but intriguing. And then they noticed the native pottery and rugs and jewelry and---well, Maie and Dwight Heard were hooked. They collected with the speed and consistency of people on a mission.
The collection grew so large, it pushed them out of their first home on the western outskirts of Phoenix. The
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